Watching my GQ drive away for the very last time.
Watching my GQ drive away for the very last time
threedogs (8th July 2013)
Can I ask if it was sold through here or somewhere else?
Somewhere else mate. Advertised it on gumtree yesterday arv sold it today.Originally Posted by AB
AB (6th July 2013)
Never going to sell on ebay again.
After reaping the benefits of ebay as a buyer for years, I decided to use it to sell some popular items. Since I last used ebay: The fees levied have gone up for both paypal and ebay. Between all the items I sold (The potential to make money on the items ie what I paid vs what I was able to auction them for, was there, but I didn't) the fees levied make up approximately 20% of all the bids added together.
Paypal takes a couple of % across the winning bid AND postage
ebay takes a percentage of the winning bid price.
So just say you had bought a patrol steel rim on ebay for $75 + 25 postage. It arrived at your house, and you immediately put it back on ebay.
You take photos, do a description. Answer questions. Promise people you can post it ASAP, explain why the $25 you have put on is adequate. Some stupid person bids it to $74. You have listed postage as $25.
Out of the $99 total paid by the winning bidder: You might get left with $85 with which to pay postage and make your 'profit' or money back' You then drive to the post office, buy any packaging, and stand in line to post the item.
Ebay does all right out of this effort you put in. And I'm still waiting for the stupid feedback from people that didn't take the time to read the painstaking descriptions and photos I wrote.
Never again.
I told you it was too cheap mate! But I guess a quick sale was what you were after. Really bummed man!
Got sick of Motorculture so gone back to Tappa
Yeah so am I. I think it's better it went quick as its gone now so yeah time to move on and look forward.
That's right mate, you will pick up some work soon and start a new project!
Got sick of Motorculture so gone back to Tappa
Well if you were riding a scooter or a push bike you deserve everything you get.
Make a mental note to yourself. Never sell anything large like a steel rim and offer postage. You just shot yourself in the foot doing that. Large items with low profit margins that require postage, expensive postage at that, is a no no. Never offer postage for something like that.
Yes Ebay and PP fee have gone up, Auspost fee have gone up too and they have taken away some things too. To work for them, not the customer of course. Their insurance value has now dropped to $50 from $100. You want more than $50 cover, you pay extra for that. They lost two items I sent to a customer, both it separate satchels, the first they didn't pay up on, and the second I only got $59.95 off them, $50 for the item and the $9.95 for the post. And each item was worth $98.
Last edited by mudski; 7th July 2013 at 06:28 AM.
Sorry, the rim was a bad example. It wasn't rims I was selling. They were lighter more expensive items. The postage was covered by what I charged, despite the messages received saying "I work for Australia post, and a prepaid bag is only $6". I did charge $25 postage, but buggered if I would let some precision items bang around in a plastic bag and maybe not arrive or not work. Packed well and posted with a signature. Gave one bloke a 5c refund for the unused postage amount.
Then there's the the ones that bid it up, then send a message "sorry I no pay".
Is posting here supposed to make me feel better or have the issue go away?
threedogs (8th July 2013)
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